Beyond Our Kenneth: The Continued Diaries of Kenneth Williams - Hardcover

Holland, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781963967 ISBN 13: 9781781963968

Publisher: Fantom Films Limited, 2025

Synopsis

It is 1988 and Kenneth Williams - comic actor, author and raconteur – is at the end of his tether.
Persistent illness, a flagging career, and disintegrating relationships; all
combined to bring about a deep melancholy and a lonely despair. Shadows
are encroaching and the curtain is beginning to fall.
In reality, it was indeed the end of the road for this icon of British entertainment.
But what if things had worked out differently? What if this legend of stage, radio and screen hadn’t succumbed to the misery and suffering, and actually managed to find a way back? What if the great Kenneth Williams had lived on?
Beyond Our Kenneth is an imagined continuation of the acclaimed star’s notorious diary - a fictional, five-year extension, where we find the king of campery enduring in an alternate London of the early nineties.
Follow the master of the acidic put-down, the prince of pithy retorts, as he navigates unfamiliar waters with a cast of cohorts, both familiar and new. Listen in to more
private musings from one of the country’s favourite personalities…there’ll be
candour, cattiness - and plenty of carrying on!

About this title

About the Author

Bill Holland was born in Cambridge in 1984 and trained at the Arts Educational Schools London, graduating in 2008. He worked for a decade as an actor, appearing in comedies for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and co-founded the Jam Sponge Comedy sketch group, writing and performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Leicester Square Theatre. His fascination with Kenneth Williams inspired this book, drawing on connections with Williams’ friends and colleagues.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fantom Films Limited
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781963967
• ISBN 13: 9781781963968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 359